Precious stones, Wooden craft, National Park guided walks, Mountains, Biggest waterfall, Lemurs, Vineyard, Paper factory ; trek .

TOUR ROUTES : 

ANTANANARIVO - ANTSIRABE - AMBOSITRA - RANOMAFANA - FIANANARANTSOA - AMBALAVAO - RANOHIRA - TULEAR .

Day 1 : CAR FROM ANTANANARIVO TO ANTSIRABE .

Start the tour from tana to antsirabe with your personal driver . This drive will take 3 hours with tar road but lots of twist . when you arrive in antsirabe, you can relax for a while after the drive and you can visit around the town by your self with rickshaw or by walk as the town of Antsirabe is very beautiful .

THINGS TO SEE AND DO :

* The shops that sell many different precious stones .

* The factory where you can watch how they clean and cut the stones then fit them into luxury items at chez JOSEPH
* The hot spring bath . Watch the locals bath in the medicinal, natural spring water that comes from deep within the ground.
* The beautiful lake Andrakiba where you might take a 20-minute horse ride around the lake or simply walk around the shade of the trees and visit the open market for the precious stones along the side of the lake .

ACCOMMODATIONS : ( Hotel is included ).

* hotel villa camellia : [ Semi Luxury hotel ] .
* Hotel Hasina : [ Mid range hotel ] . 
* Hotel le Trianon : [ Mid range hotel ] . 

Day 2 : CAR FROM ANTSIRABE TO AMBOSITRA THEN TO RANOMAFANA PARK .

Leave Antsirabe in the morning and then stop for 1 or 2 hours in Ambositra, the centre of Malagasy hand sculptured wooden craft work . There are many shops here where you can browse for souvenirs . Then continue up to the rain forest at Ranomafana National Park .

ARRIVE IN RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK .

when you arrive, after you unpack, you will go with your driver to the gate of the park to find a local guide and You will do a night walk together . This is a really unique way of exploring the many nocturnal wonders of the forest and to see the nocturnal animals .

ACCOMMODATIONS : ( Hotel is included ).

* Hotel Manja : [ Mid range hotel ] . 
* Centr ’Est hotel : [ Luxury hotel ] .
* Hotel setam lodge : [ Luxury hotel ] .
http://www.setam-madagascar.com/lodge/index.html
* Hotel Domain nature : [ Luxury hotel ] .

Day 3 : FULL DAY VISIT THE PARK WITH LOCAL GUIDE :

Wake up early to breakfast at the hotel and then a guide will take you back into the lush rain forest . The forest is located in right in the mountains so be prepared for steep hills and wonderful views . The forest is home to a lot of weird and wonderful wildlife so be sure to bring your camera . Have a rest by the roaring Rian-drano Be, the biggest and most spectacular waterfall in Madagascar. Then cool off after your walk in the natural hot springs that come from the rock to form a secret swimming pool .

ATTRACTIONS IN RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK :

* Mountain views , 118 Birds species , Orchids , Protected natural rain forest ; 12 species of lemurs ; (including) The golden bamboo hapalemurs ; Biggest waterfall in Madagascar ; Hot springs swimming pool.

ACCOMMODATIONS : ( Hotel is included ).

* Hotel Manja : [ Mid range hotel ] . 
* Centr ’Est hotel : [ Luxury hotel ] .
* Hotel setam lodge : [ TOP hotel ] . http://www.setam-madagascar.com/lodge/index.html
* Hotel Domain nature : [ Luxury hotel ] .

Day 4 : CAR FROM RANOMAFANA PARK TO ISALO NATIONAL PARK VIA AMBALAVAO .

Leave Ranomafana Park after breakfast then continue to Isalo Park . Stop at the Soavita vineyard to learn how they produce the wine from grape to glass and of course taste the finished product, but the fees to get in is in your charge . You can also buy bottled wine here at factory prices . Then continue on to Ambalavao where you can visit the Antaimoro paper which is Arabian Paper made from skins of wood . Here you can watch and learn how they make famous Antaimoro paper using colourful flowers . There is also a shop where you can buy the finished products .

ACCOMMODATIONS : ( Hotel is included ).

* Motel de l'isalo : [ Mid range hotel ] .  http://www.motelisalo.com
* Hotel Isalo ranch : [ Mid range hotel ] .  http://www.isalo-ranch.com
* Relais de la reine d' isalo : [ Luxury hotel ] .  http://www.hotels-isalo.com
* Hotel jardin du Roy : [ Luxury hotel ] . http://www.lejardinduroy.com

Day 5 : TREK THROUGH A DOOR OPENED ON THE PAST .

After the morning breakfast, your driver will introduce you to our best guide in isalo as your personal local guide to trek in the park and then after the presentation; you and your personal guide and porter will go with a car to the canyon and from here you and the guide will trek to the canyon of monkey but your porters will bring the luggage to the campsite and they will prepare everything before you will come to the camp site after you treks . This is best way to explore this Isalo park because this park is very huge and it's tiring if you plan to visit the canyon with back and forth at the same day .

ACCOMMODATIONS : ( Full board is included ).

* Camping at night .

Day 6 : FROM THE CAMP SITE TO RANOHIRA .

After breakfast , you will start to trek again with your local guide to the natural swimming pool and the water full . The picnic food will be served to you during the lunch time . and at the pool, your personal driver will pick you up and will take you to the window of isalo for the sun set and then to ranohira village .

ACCOMMODATIONS : ( Hotel is included ).

* Motel de l'isalo : [ Mid range hotel ] .  http://www.motelisalo.com
* Hotel Isalo ranch : [ Mid range hotel ] .  http://www.isalo-ranch.com
* Relais de la reine d' isalo : [ Luxury hotel ] .  http://www.hotels-isalo.com
* Hotel jardin du Roy : [ Luxury hotel ] . http://www.lejardinduroy.com

Day 7 : CAR FROM ISALO PARK TO TULEAR .

On the way, you can stop to see some traditional tombs of the Mahafaly and Antandroy tribes . Each grave is decorated to tell the story of the person’s life with drawings and often animal heads. and your personal driver still take you to Arboretum park which is nearly from tulear and has very value of southern trees .
When you arrive in Tulear you are free to relax or wander around .

ACCOMMODATIONS : ( Hotel is included ).

* Hotel Le paille en que : [ semi luxury ] . http://www.pailleenqueue.com
* Hotel chez alain : [ Mid range hotel ] . http://www.chezalain.net

ENDS TOUR :

From here, the tour is ended but you still can continue your journey to Anakao beach for relaxing or do some any sea activities .
Please note that there are daily flights from Tulear airport to Antananarivo . You are advised to purchase your air tickets before you start the tour to avoid delays .

PRICE FOR THIS TOUR